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............................................................................................................................DescriptionHuman rights are about social justice - nationally and globally. This book, wide ranging and remarkably accessible, examines the current situation on human rights world wide. It highlights the fast developing international law on the subject. Its rich canvas also covers contemporary scholarship that explains today's complex reality while drawing from ancient holistic values. Woven into the narrative are many illustrations of people from various cultural traditions finding ways to deal with pressing live issues according to the values of those traditions.The wide spanning view adopted in the volume shows how economic, political, and environmental problems facing humanity are related and intertwined - from 'developmentalism' and global structural violence, the disproportionate power of transnational corporations, and unprecedented militarization, to the increasing power of the corporate owned media.The authors contend that, even in this background creative alternatives are possible. They point to the persistence and innovative strategies, including the use of advanced communications technology, of those working to fill the gap between the theory and practice of human rights.This book will interest all those concerned about the current state of human rights. Law Professionals, media personnel, students and scholars of law, development economics, as well as international politics will also find it useful............................................................................................................................ContentsChapter 1. Human Rights in Theory and PracticeChapter 2. Globalisation and Development: Human and Sustainable or Corporate and Cancerous?Chapter 3. All Human Beings Are Equal: The Commonality of Minority and Majority RightsChapter 4. Terrorism, Security, and Selective Rights in an age of Retributive FearChapter 5. Communication Rights: Media, Rights Orgnization, Education, and the Arts.Chapter 6. The Future of Human Rights: Reclaming Hope and the CommonsChapter 7. Timeline: A Brief of Human Rights Worked citedIndex............................................................................................................................Author DetailsDaniel Fischlin is University Research Chair, School of English and Theatre Sudies, University of Guelph, OntarioMartha Nandorfy is Associate-Professor at the same institution. They are joint authors of Eduardo Galeano: Through the Looking Glass, 2002.............................................................................................................................
